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The proof of the pudding is in the eating, they say

The Supreme Court on Monday said the courts must act to defend citizens in the assertion of their fundamental rights against "executive tyranny draped in disciplinary power", as it declared that no individual can be forced to get Covid-19 vaccine as bodily integrity and personal autonomy are recognised under the Constitutions Article 21.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said no citizen should be deprived of his or her property without authority of law, as it would be a violation of the Constitution, and set aside Kerala HC verdict pronounced in 2018.

Data collection under the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 will only aid profiling, mass surveillance and suppression of dissent.

The court observed that no minority institution gets a license to violate fundamental rights of an individual, particularly the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21.

The court also said that live-in relationships are "engulfing the ethos of Indian society" and are "promoting lascivious behaviour".

The directive of the highest court of the land, however, was apparently not enough to halt the bulldozers

The Court stressed that a wife should not be made to live in a condition where she has to suffer living without her husband and also without children due to no fault of her own.

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The Gujarat High Court recently granted police protection to a married couple after the wife’s parents had prevented the two from meeting or speaking to each other.